Emergence as a Feature of Practice-based Design Research

William Gaver; Peter Gall Krogh; Andrew Boucher; David Chatting

doi:10.1145/3532106.3533524

Emergence as a Feature of Practice-based Design Research

William Gaver, Peter Gall Krogh, Andrew Boucher, David Chatting

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Abstract

Practice-based design research is often emergent. Methods, tactics, goals and even topics can unfold and change as researchers adapt and learn in the course of their projects. This adaptability is one of the strengths of design as an approach to research, but it seems to contradict assumptions about research as a systematic, inquiry-led investigation. This leads to a tension in practicing and reporting research that we unpack here, before making a series of suggestions for practice-based researchers and reviewers about how to better navigate emergence when pursuing, reporting and evaluating practice-based design research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Wellbeing
Editors	Florian Mueller, Stefan Greuter, Rohit Ashok Khot, Penny Sweetser, Marianna Obrist
Place of Publication	New York, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	517-526
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450393584
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533524
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2022
Event	DIS 2022 - Designing Interactive Systems: Digital Wellbeing - Online (this year) Duration: 13 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 https://dis.acm.org/2022/

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Conference	DIS 2022 - Designing Interactive Systems
Period	13/06/22 → 17/06/22
Internet address	https://dis.acm.org/2022/

Keywords

design practice
design research
emergence
research through design

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Gaver, W, Gall Krogh, P, Boucher, A & Chatting, D 2022, Emergence as a Feature of Practice-based Design Research. in F Mueller, S Greuter, RA Khot, P Sweetser & M Obrist (eds), DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing. ACM, New York, USA, pp. 517-526, DIS 2022 - Designing Interactive Systems, 13/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533524

Emergence as a Feature of Practice-based Design Research. / Gaver, William; Gall Krogh, Peter; Boucher, Andrew et al.
DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing. ed. / Florian Mueller; Stefan Greuter; Rohit Ashok Khot; Penny Sweetser; Marianna Obrist. New York, USA: ACM, 2022. p. 517-526.

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